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k-core: a standalone construct

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Network science

the largest subnetwork in which every node has at least k links to other members, used to find a network's dense center.

In network science, k-core refers to the largest subnetwork in which every node has at least k links to other members, used to find a network's dense center. This meaning comes from Seidman (1983) in Social Networks.[1]

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network4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs node2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Seidman, S. B. (1983). Network structure and minimum degree. Social Networks, 5(3), 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8733(83)90028-x

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